Monday, May 30, 2011

I take back everything I said

What is that saying? “Be careful what you wish for”? Just a couple of weeks ago I was moaning about the sad state of my Tetrapanax plants this spring. Turns out I had no idea what was cooking just below the surface. It’s the front garden Tetrapanax we’re focusing on. Up top is the mother plant, which lost its height. It's making a rapid comeback, this is how the new shoots look now. Nice huh? Then I noticed this little baby about 2 ft away. Cool! Then I saw this, about 2.5 ft away from mama. And now this, almost 3 ft away! Oh my! Things are getting very interesting indeed! Perhaps their reputation as being a little bit of a thug has a basis after all!

(p.s. I just found two more this morning after I scheduled this post...yikes!)

Oh my...be careful, indeed! How exciting though...I'm always so excited by volunteers like this that I tend to let them get too far along before dealing with them (if, they are a problem to begin with). I'm a bit of a softy and can't bring myself to snuff out the poor things. Do you still have room for your 'Panax Forest after your re-design this spring? If so...score!

BTW...thanks for the heads-up on my blog shenanigans...today is the first day I was even able to log in...sheesh...I hope blogger gets it's act together.

Exciting! I would think they're easy enough to transplant elsewhere. The Tetrapanax forest up the street from me is really starting to show its roaming style - and the house sold last year to apparent non-gardeners, so it will be interesting. Your volunteers are in fine hands!